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Christophe Degueurce
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Les modèles d'anatomie clastique du docteur Auzoux au musée de l'Ecole vétérinaire d'Alfort
2009
Presentation of Louis Auzoux, french practitioner of the nineteenth century, and his revolutionary technique to produce anatomical models in papier mâché that can be dismantled. Description of some models of the Alfort veterinary school museum.
FRAGONARD (1732-1766) : UN OBSCUR AU SIECLE DES LUMIERES
2002
International audience; Christophe Degueurce présente la biographie d’Honoré Fragonard, professeur et démonstrateur d’anatomie des écoles vétérinaires de Lyon puis d’Alfort, son exceptionnelle technique de préparation anatomique ainsi que les principales pièces qui ont pu être conservées et qui sont présentées au musée Fragonard.
Quittor, an obsolete disease
2012
Quittor was a disease of the pastern and crown area of the ungulates. It was quite common in the horse until the early twentieth century. It was characterized by necrosis manifested by a mass, outward symptom of a phlegmon, which ulcerated and expelled necrotic tissue. The hippiatric healers and early veterinarians generally recognized four forms, the most dangerous was the necrosis of fibrocartilages of the foot. Treatment involved excision of the latter which involved a spectacular operating manual. This action marked the beginning of the veterinary profession, until the disappearance of the disease that was a result of the mechanization of agriculture and transport. It is now very uncomm…
LA FERRURE PÉRIPLANTAIRE, HISTOIRE D'UNE POLÉMIQUE
2014
Pierre Charlier, veterinarian of a transport company of Paris, presented 1765 a revolutionary method of far-riery. His horse shoe was made of an iron hook inlaid into the edge of the wall that limited the wear of the hoof while the sole and frog came into contact with the ground and limited slips. This patented device called into question the principles of the French method of farriery, threatened Parisian workshops owned by veterinarians in sight und thus unleashed a controversy of a rare violence that flourished the following year.
LA CHIRURGIE DU CHEVAL AU XVII ème SIECLE, D'APRES LES OEUVRES DE SOLLEYSEL ET DE MARKHAM
2004
Most important surgical veterinary techniques on horses carried out during the 17 th century, as described by Solleysel and Markham in their respective books. The lives of Solleysel and Markham.
Un mystère : la technique de conservation mise en oeuvre par Honoré Fragonard pour créer ses fameux écorchés
2008
A two part overview of the techniques used by Honoré Fragonard to create and preserve (mainly against the insects) cutaway anatomical figures (" écorchés ") of animals or humans. The first part summarise the techniques preparing the dry anatomical specimens at that time, according to contemporary bibliographical data: selection and preparation of the bodies, then injection of the various organs and tissues (e.g: muscles, nerves, lymph and blood vessels, placenta etc.). The second one gives detailed information on the techniques used by Fragonard to create his " écorchés " : selection of the subjects, highlighting the various organs and tissues, mummification, drying and varnishing. This new…
Jean Héroard, the first French " vétérinaire " and author of the treatise called Hippostologie
2009
Biographic data about Jean Héroard. Study of the treatises dealing with the osteology of the horse that were published before he produced his book entitled Hippostologie, c'est-à-dire Discours des Os du cheval. Description of this treaty and of the books that were used later on its content.
LES VETERINAIRES FRANÇAIS EN POLITIQUE
2005
Description of the methodology used to obtain relevant information (data base, limits of the investigation), study and analysis of the results regarding veterinarians elected at a local or national level in France (number, origin, political party etc. summarised in graphs) and details on some well-known elected French veterinarians.
André Richir, Anatomy assistant and moulder at the Alfort veterinary school in the 20th Century
2006
Biography of André Richir (1887-1962), one of the most famous anatomical moulders of the 20th Century, including information on his family, his training, his professional activities and his career at the Alfort veterinary school. An inventory of his works and a description of the techniques that he used, namely for anatomic mouldings.
The anatomical models of Dr Auzoux, an industrial success in the service of veterinary medicine
2013
Dr. Louis Auzoux (1797-1880) is known all over the world for the anatomical models made of papier maché he produced and exported over the world. If the models related to human aesthetics are more reknown, they are far from being the only ones that the famous industrialist has designed and marketed; animals, plants and especially flowers, are another facet of his art. Models dedicated to horse had a special significance for the company. The horses made of paper, the series of bones defects and jaw he created were massively bought by the administration of the war to provide the regiments the pedagogical materials necessary to train recruits. Through these fascinating objects, this is a progra…
The treatments of pursiness in the ancient time
2009
The pursiness is a very old disease known since antiquity whose name comes from the fact that affected horse have difficulties to expirate air and produce a movement of forced expiration to expel air. This symptom is now mainly related to pulmonary emphysema. Treatments remained generally the same from antiquity to the nineteenth century. They used mainly bleeding and therapeutic mixtures supposed to work on the lung. The revolution was to come in the nineteenth century with the use of arsenic.
The Treatise of both Arts in veterinary medicine (Hippology and Hippiatry) or The Naceri: a translation presentation
2004
General description of “El Naceri” (1333 AD) translated by the author into French from the Arabic text of Abou Bakr. Quotes of the most significant parts of the ten chapters of the book, highlighting their scientific and poetic value.